#ceremonial magic

[nyxshadowhawk]

Diagrams from a thirteenth-century version of the Ars Notoria.

#magic #ceremonial magic #magick #grimoire #book of magic #medieval manuscripts #manuscript #paleography #medieval #Ars Notoria #solomonic magic #occult #occultism #magic circle

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Magic Circle - art by John William Waterhouse (1886)

#john william waterhouse #the magic circle #witch #19th century paintings #sorceress #ceremonial magic #pre-raphaelite #art #1880s #1886

[sourdoughservitor]

Aftermath of my Yule ritual (after I blew out the candles because fire safety!)

#witchblr #witchcraft #witches #witches of tumblr #witchy things #winter solstice #eclectic pagan #witchy vibes #folk witchcraft #ritual #ceremony #ceremonial magic #rituals #spells #spell work #spellwork #divination #happy yule #yule #yuletide #solstice

[occultboyscout]

i fucking love science man

i really do

i love occultism too

and people really be trying to take all the wonder out of it

out of both

let people marvel man

let people be overwhelmed by beauty and mystery

fuck let people indulge in apophenia

as a treat

put science back in philosophy and philosophy back in magic and magic back in science

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#magic #magician #goes #magick #ceremonial magic #spirituality #occult #science #philosophy

[redpanther23]

For my friend Michael! He plays on the commons here in Ithaca, and he's absolutely stunning (only he says I can't sit and stare without paying!)

#furry art #furry #retro #grunge #fursona #punk #comic art #trippy #nostalgiacore #coyote #panther #ithaca #new york #occult #ceremonial magic

[wildwithlight]

#mythology #Goddess #Moon #La Luna #La lune #Woodland #Forest #Magic #Ceremonial magic #Mystical #faeryworlds #faery aesthetic #fairy wings #fae #faery folk #fae folk #faerie

[arcane-offerings]

Talisman against storms, lightning, hail and floods (Saturday under Saturn). Vol. II. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon, late 18th century, MS 4670, Wellcome Library, London.

#talisman #pentacle #solomonic magic #key of solomon #ritual magic #magic #ceremonial magic #occult #esotericism #grimoires #grimoire #saturn

[maddiviner]

Le 4chan Therians

Perhaps one of the funniest experiences I had during my time on 4chan's occult communities?

Back ten years ago, a guy explained to me an intense series of experiences he had during his occult explorations where (he felt) he'd discovered that he was a hawk on some sort of spiritual level.

He had collections of photos of raptors, trying to figure out which, in particular, type of hawk these visions entailed. He listened to raptor sounds on YouTube? He fully admitted it "sounded like an otherkin thing" and probably was "something like that."

He firmly insisted that, regardless of what he was experiencing, he would never delve too deeply, talk too much, or "get involved with those therians." I was a bit curious, so I asked why.

His reasoning was simply that "otherkin are stupid tumblerinas" and he himself was a legitimate ceremonial magician. He, apparently, had a reputation to maintain in the Aleister Crowley fandom or whatever.

I wonder what happened to that guy. 🤣🤣🤣

#therian #otherkin #alterhuman #therianthropy #occult #ceremonial magic #thelemites #4chan #vermillion #lmao #occultists are weird #eliza.txt

[saintmachina]

I miss witchblr. Will you interact if you’re into:

ancestor veneration

folk Christianity

tarot

astrology

Celtic paganism

I want to follow you! 

#witchblr #witchcraft #ceremonial magic #folk magic #folk christianity #tarot #astrology #ancestor veneration #celtic paganism

[pieandhotdogs]

Some of you have failed to intuit the unity of all existence and it shows.

#pagan #esoterism #witchcraft #ceremonial magic

[grimoire-catechumen]

Importance of Silence in Ritual Magick

Every time I return to Agrippa, I am amazed by what I have forgotten and the knowledge which he provides in the Three Books of Occult Philosophy.

Having grown up with a Christocentric worldview from which I make sense of the mundane and magickal world, the idea of silence has always been prevalent. Note Matthew 7:6 specifically, which says: “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you." The word occult comes from the Latin verb celara meaning "to hide" or the adjective occultus meaning "hidden, concealed, or secret." In antiquity, the secrets provided to practitioners of the occult were considered valuable so much so that they were often disguised, shrouded in ways that only those holding a metaphorical key could understand the original meaning. To prevent the casting of this sacred spiritual knowledge before swine.

Agrippa expands on this idea in Ch. II of Book III where he notes five reasons for silence or circumspection.

Sharing holy matters with profane minds pollutes them. We see this even today when trying to share sacred, but secret truths granted to us by spirits with those who don't understand. Sayings like "mundane over magical" or a push for critical thought are used to lessen its influence or impact on our understanding. When we share these experiences, sometimes it can be to the detriment of the work the spirits are calling us to do. The shine of pearls is sullied by their environment.

Profane minds cannot grasp holy doctrine. Understanding is a gift to give a deeper insight and penetration of divine truths held by faith, not as a transitory enlightenment but as a permanent intuition. In Catholic dogma, this gift of understanding is granted by the Holy Spirit during Confirmation and assists in penetrating revealed truths, but also natural truths in so far as they related to a supernatural end. As St. Thomas Aquinas said, "In this very life, when the eye of the spirit is purified by the gift of understanding, one can ina a certain way see God." (Summa theologicae II-II, q. 69 a.2, ad.3).

The importance of understanding is further echoed in the Stobaei Hermetica: "But avoid converse with the many. Not that I wish you to grudge a benefit to others; my reason for this warning is rather that the many will think you one to be laughed at if you speak to them as I have spoken to you. Like welcomes like; but men that are unlike are never friends..."

3. It allows the divine enlightenment of the doctrine to occur. Everybody has experiences whereby slowing down and listening we are given directions, instructions, or encouragement from the spirits. But by keeping silent about our work, we ensure our motivations are pure and that the intention is to commune with the divine. Too often I think we miss critical personal truths in favor of using magic for public success. As noted in the Corpus Hermeticum 13.8a, "And now, my son, speak not, but keep a solemn silence; so will the mercy come down on us from God."

4. The futility of attempting to express the inexpressible. Sometimes words are incapable of describing our supernatural experiences with spirits and when we do it comes out much less life-changing than it was. There is a reason occultists gather together in communities - just as any common worldview is the base of a religion, so to do our experiences bring us together and set us apart. Only those who have worked with the spirits can fully understand your own experiences.

5. Silence involves a proscription against translation of the doctrines into other languages because the words themselves are holy and embody power. Although this may be my least favorite reason as a grimoire magician eager to find translations of French and German transcripts, I think it holds true. This idea is noted in the Corpus Hermeticum 16.1b-2 as well: "Translation will greatly distort the sense of the writings, and cause much obscurity. Expressed in our native language, the teaching conveys its meaning clearly; for the very quality of sounds...; and when the Egyptian words are spoken, the force of the things signified works in them."

Furthermore, in academic publications such as Invoking Angels by Penn State University Press, there are entire discussions around how the illiterate laity copying down instructions from holy books led to mistakes in translations, a problem noted by translators such as Joseph Peterson, David Rankine, and Stephen Skinner in their meticulous grimoire translations. Exasperated by the enhanced access to manuscripts in the 16th and 17th centuries, you see books such as the Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet or Book of Oberon with Greek, Latin, and Hebrew translation corrections along with corrections in figures of circles or talismans.

Outside of magick, even, biblical scholars note the loss of Scriptural understanding when reading the Bible in English compared to Greek or even Hebrew, noting minute differences that entirely change the meaning of a text or provide additional context.

Taken together, I think Agrippa makes a solid argument for why keeping silent is important. Do you agree?

#ceremonial magic #grimoire #grimoires #magick #solomonic magic #witchcraft #divination #occultism #heinrich cornelius agrippa #silence

[imaginal-ai]

"The Lord of Wild Things"

#Cernunnos #mythological creature #antlers #celtic mythology #muscular definition #supernatural #ai men #ai artwork #ai generated #ai art community #gay ai art #ai gay #art direction #bearded man #magical creatures #nature spirits #male pinup #beefcake pinup #british mythology #body art #horned god #ritual magic #ceremonial magic #druid

[innerportals]

12x12 acrylic on paper

based on A.S. Raleigh’s writing on occult geometry

#occult art #ceremonial magic #acrylic painting

[sororalice]

On the Blessedness of Worms

Homily for the Full Moon, written 3-24-24.

Dearly Beloved,

Happy Full Moon! And such a special Full Moon…a full lunar eclipse and the “Worm Moon”. As such, I am moved today to speak about worms.

As I always remind myself and everyone, as pagans we believe in a naturalized theology. We look to the patterns of nature, the Logos, for our knowledge of both the nature and the will of the Divine, and our current moment in these patterns of nature is that of early Spring. It is this moment, commemorated in the Farmer’s Almanac as the “Worm Moon”, the time of Spring when the earthworms start to churn the Earth beneath our feet, that I wish to speak of today.

Worms are often thought of as lowly creatures. Often a character portrayed as powerful in a story will refer to a character portrayed as weaker as a “worm”. Worms live beneath our feet, in the dirt and underneath the stones. Worms are simple, with a sparse nervous system, and are not known for their intelligence or courage, traits that we humans tend to value.

But worms are amazing.

Worms eat the decaying matter left behind by the amazing and beautiful variety of life produced by nature. Worms break up and allow air to pass into the soil, allowing for the growth of plants that most animals, including ourselves, need to live. Worms transform the world from one full of death and broken things into a world ready and waiting for new life and growth.

Now, many people are disgusted by worms. They squirm around in disturbing ways. Often they are slimy and covered in the soil and decaying matter they thrive upon. For these reasons, often we don’t want to see worms. We want them to stay in the deep, in the dark, underneath the surface. We acknowledge their important work, but we want them to do that important work far away from us.

This meditation upon worms leads me to an important question: what other things, what other people, are we benefitting from that we prefer to stay underneath the surface? In the dark. Far away from us. Who else are we consistently forgetting? The Covid pandemic showed us that the service workers, health workers, grocers, sanitation workers, and so on were “essential workers”; we learned that the world ran on the backs of these humble, underpaid, overworked, and often horribly exploited people. But we didn’t pay these people any more. We didn’t give them better benefits or conditions of labor. We didn’t give them a share in ownership of the means of production. And this is just one example…migrant labor, prisoner labor, volunteer labor, temporary and day labor, service labor, the labor done by the disabled, the labor done by the disenfranchised…all of this labor that is required for our world to live and grow and thrive is often unseen, unacknowledged, and poorly rewarded.

So let us look under the rocks. Let us look in the shadows. Let us look in the dark. Let us look for the unappreciated and necessary workers that make our world possible, and raise them up. Let us show them how much we really appreciate what they mean and how valuable they are. Let us celebrate and lift up the worms.

Happy Full Moon.

In love,

Soror Alice

Art: “Zoology: Earthworm”, Line Engraving, Granger Collection, (19th Century)

#pagan #paganism #spiritual #spirituality #mystical #mysticism #religion #magick #magic #occultism #occult #witch #pagan witch #witchcraft #ceremonial magic #ceremonial magick #homily #Moon #Full Moon #Worm Moon #Worms

[andromedasdomain]

Crystal Witch:

A witch that uses crystals and minerals in their magick practices. They may use crystals in their rituals, spells, and meditation; may also wear or carry certain crystals for their intended energies.

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Cosmic Witch:

A witch who focuses on the energies and rhythms of the cosmos in their practices. They believe that the movements and positions of celestial bodies have an influence on the energy of the earth and the lives of people. They study astrology, and astronomy, using this knowledge in their practices and incorporating it into their rituals, spells, and meditation.

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Ceremonial Witch:

A witch focused on the ritual and ceremonial aspects of magic. They practice a specific tradition or path and are skilled in the use of tools and symbolism.

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“10 Types of Witches - Witchcraft & Magick Explained.” Witchy, witchyhq.com/blogs/news/8-types-of-witches-witchcraft-magic. Accessed 8 Oct. 2023.

#grimoire #baby witch #freyja #green witch #hedge witch #pagan witch #paganblr #divination #witch tips #altar #magick #ceremonial magic #ceremonial witch #cosmic witch #baby witch tips #crystal witch #crystals101 #crystals #crystals 101 #astronomy #astrology #astrology signs #astro observations #cosmos #correspondence #witch community #spirituality #spiritual development #spiritual awakening #spiritualgrowth

[maeviuslynn]

Elemental discs crafted from clay. I was delighted that they all survived the firing process. I plan to use these in a variety of rituals and workings. I attempted to glaze them in the Queen's color scale. There were some unexpected colors, but I still love them. The best part are the little 93s I added to the back.

#occultism #magick #magic #ceremonial magic #thelema #aleister crowley #occult #93 #astrology #ceremonial magick #art #occult art